Kyoto day 1

Still super tired from Eternal Day of Travel After No Sleep followed by Night of Tiny Sleep In New Place. Quickly uploaded a sampling of photos from bed *from the 622* photos I took on my iPhone, jeez — dropping my iPhone on my face (iPhace) only once. Writing this now middle of the (my) night during my handy insomnibreak!

So, day 1: we walked around! We were together through late lunch.

Headed down Street With Japanese Name… Cloudy/Rainy! Me: “atmospheric!” Paul “dreary.. but still pretty”.

Walked to nearby Shrine With Name I Forget (sorry, this will not be an educational blog!).

This dragon is … guarding? Providing? Coming out of? Supervising? The water for cleansing ones’ hands. The water has a sign … In English only!… “Not drinking water”. Stupid Americans!

Here’s Paul looking at me with great adoration.

Shrine shop (shrop)

Walking now to an arboretum/park thing.

Lots of photos of Interesting colors/lines/building materials.

Park Thingy/arboretum:

This is a wall:

Even in winter, everything was so gorgeous

A little bridge

This fish is trying to get me
Now he’s sad

More neighborhood

I think these stamps are the Japanese equivalent of “name license plates” in the US.

Judy – Julia here.
1. I think I’ve been to the temple with the dragon water spout. I have a photo of it somewhere. I’ll try to dig it up to compare.
2. If you like ginger, you MUST buy some of the ginger crackers in Kyoto. They are a specialty in that area and are absolutely delicious. They are called Shouga Sembei.